UT on Windows 7?

Hermskii · 17th Jan 2009, 09:35 PM

A buddy of mine installed the new Microsoft operating system beta called Windows 7. He then installed UT and said it played well. He then tried to install a few UMODS and all of them failed with similar errors to what you get when you install UT and then move it to a different folder and then try to use a UMOD. Windows wants to associate a program to the UMOD. He insists that he did not move UT from C:\UnrealTournament which is where he installed it to. Any ideas?

MrMaddog · 18th Jan 2009, 04:43 AM

Might be a wild guess but sounds like something in the registry got messed up. (Don't know how Win 7 does registries now)

You could try to find a UT Registry Fix program to see if that might work...

Raynor.Z · 18th Jan 2009, 04:58 AM

Make sure he runs umods with administrative rights (right click Run As Administrator or start the UMOD installation from Administrator Command Prompt.

Hermskii · 18th Jan 2009, 08:20 PM

OK I have heard the suggestion and will pass it on to him. He said he copied the old original UT folder into and over his newest one and everything started working right. So he has his old UT in his new registered UT location and it works.

I agree. I think he did something wrong in the first place and screwed the pooch during install. His solution worked but it isn't the way I suspect we would do it ourselves. Thanks all.

Franko · 19th Jan 2009, 04:29 PM

Personal experience:

If I installed and updated from my original UT CD, umods wouldn't be a problem, but Anthology install causes umod screwups.

hund_schraube · 19th Jan 2009, 08:31 PM

have him try this

http://files.filefront.com/UMODExtra.../fileinfo.html

Hermskii · 20th Jan 2009, 09:53 AM

I have not had him try the suggestions yet but he alerted me that even after installing his old copy over the new one he was NOT able to run umods. He said it had worked before to me becasue all of the files he needed from the umods where already installed and thus were working. So what I'm saying here is that if he tries to run a UMOD now it still doesn't work. He said it did work because the umods had alreay installed all of the files he had needed when he was able to run them before in his previous version of windows which he copied into and over his new version in Windows 7. Blah blah blah.

I'll point him to this and let him do what he wants. Thanks all!

War_Master · 20th Jan 2009, 10:03 AM

he has to make the installer recognize the format. I think Skillz had a tutorial on how to do it manually.

shoutanenjeru · 30th Jan 2009, 07:18 PM

I have Windows 7 as well, I'm still trying to work through the same problems as I had with Vista.

Kaal979 · 30th Jan 2009, 08:10 PM

Sounds like somebody has not heard of the umod browser.

http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/Legacy:UMod_Browser

Fodder McFly*VSC · 30th Jan 2009, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shoutanenjeru

I have Windows 7 as well, I'm still trying to work through the same problems as I had with Vista.

Darn, i was kind of hoping the issues would go away with the new OS.

Boo.

GreatEmerald · 1st Feb 2009, 03:27 PM

I have Win7 too. But I barely use it now, as UT2004's UnrealEd totally doesn't work. UnrealEd2 works only with Software Mode, not D3D, so that's also not good.

However, I think that installing a DirectX redistributable might solve the issues... Looks like MS forgot to add some old DirectX files.

IronMonkey · 3rd Feb 2009, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreatEmerald

However, I think that installing a DirectX redistributable might solve the issues... Looks like MS forgot to add some old DirectX files.

The conversation around here (#368-370) looks to be relevant:

http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showp...&postcount=368

17th Jan 2009, 09:35 PM	#1
Hermskii www.Hermskii.com Join Date: Apr. 13th, 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 784	UT on Windows 7? A buddy of mine installed the new Microsoft operating system beta called Windows 7. He then installed UT and said it played well. He then tried to install a few UMODS and all of them failed with similar errors to what you get when you install UT and then move it to a different folder and then try to use a UMOD. Windows wants to associate a program to the UMOD. He insists that he did not move UT from C:\UnrealTournament which is where he installed it to. Any ideas?

18th Jan 2009, 08:20 PM	#4
Hermskii www.Hermskii.com Join Date: Apr. 13th, 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 784	OK OK I have heard the suggestion and will pass it on to him. He said he copied the old original UT folder into and over his newest one and everything started working right. So he has his old UT in his new registered UT location and it works. I agree. I think he did something wrong in the first place and screwed the pooch during install. His solution worked but it isn't the way I suspect we would do it ourselves. Thanks all.

20th Jan 2009, 09:53 AM	#7
Hermskii www.Hermskii.com Join Date: Apr. 13th, 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 784	Tried I have not had him try the suggestions yet but he alerted me that even after installing his old copy over the new one he was NOT able to run umods. He said it had worked before to me becasue all of the files he needed from the umods where already installed and thus were working. So what I'm saying here is that if he tries to run a UMOD now it still doesn't work. He said it did work because the umods had alreay installed all of the files he had needed when he was able to run them before in his previous version of windows which he copied into and over his new version in Windows 7. Blah blah blah. I'll point him to this and let him do what he wants. Thanks all! Last edited by Hermskii; 20th Jan 2009 at 09:54 AM.

30th Jan 2009, 08:10 PM	#10
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1st Feb 2009, 03:27 PM	#12
GreatEmerald Khnumhotep Join Date: Jan. 20th, 2008 Location: Lithuania Posts: 4,017	I have Win7 too. But I barely use it now, as UT2004's UnrealEd totally doesn't work. UnrealEd2 works only with Software Mode, not D3D, so that's also not good. However, I think that installing a DirectX redistributable might solve the issues... Looks like MS forgot to add some old DirectX files. __________________ GreatEmerald's Domain (my website)

18th Jan 2009, 04:43 AM	#2
MrMaddog Flak Monkey Join Date: Jul. 13th, 2002 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 539	Might be a wild guess but sounds like something in the registry got messed up. (Don't know how Win 7 does registries now) You could try to find a UT Registry Fix program to see if that might work...

18th Jan 2009, 04:58 AM	#3
Raynor.Z Ad Nocendum Potentes Sumus Join Date: Feb. 1st, 2006 Posts: 1,349	Make sure he runs umods with administrative rights (right click Run As Administrator or start the UMOD installation from Administrator Command Prompt. __________________ Unreal Tournament Tweak Guide \| Unreal Tournament Social Group \| Albums For those willing to build a mountain of bodies and climb to the top. In environments that stun. Against A.I. that kills. For those willing to stake their lives in the pursuit of victory... we salute you.

19th Jan 2009, 04:29 PM	#5
Franko Registered User Join Date: Jul. 25th, 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 27	Personal experience: If I installed and updated from my original UT CD, umods wouldn't be a problem, but Anthology install causes umod screwups.

19th Jan 2009, 08:31 PM	#6
hund_schraube Registered User Join Date: Sep. 1st, 2003 Posts: 46	have him try this http://files.filefront.com/UMODExtra.../fileinfo.html

20th Jan 2009, 10:03 AM	#8
War_Master Registered User Join Date: May. 27th, 2005 Posts: 670	he has to make the installer recognize the format. I think Skillz had a tutorial on how to do it manually.

30th Jan 2009, 07:18 PM	#9
shoutanenjeru Registered User Join Date: May. 17th, 2004 Posts: 13	I have Windows 7 as well, I'm still trying to work through the same problems as I had with Vista.

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